The IBM Cognitive User Experience Research group in Cambridge, MA is looking for a Software Engineer.

Our lab builds and studies novel technologies and applications in the areas of cognitive computing, social media analytics, social computing, data visualization, and visual analytics. Our Research combines a user experience driven approach with applied analytics. For example, a recent project involved building a dashboard to help make sense of what employees were posting on both internal social media and Twitter.

The ideal candidate for this position brings a passion for building novel / experimental systems at various scales, particularly experience with both front and backend development of web-based applications. Candidate will work both individually and with small research teams to help envision and realize cutting-edge ideas through rapid prototyping and deployment. Also, candidates will work in an environment that questions the norm and fosters creativity. Applicants must instinctively know how people will want to use a product, service, or solution that solves a real-world business problem.

You will be working in our beautiful, newly renovated location in Cambridge, MA at the IBM Innovation Center near Kendall Square & MIT close to the Charles River.

If you would like to get an initial idea of past and current projects, built by our lab take a look at:

The World is Our Laboratory: No matter where discovery takes place, IBM researchers push the boundaries of science, technology and business to make the world work better. IBM Research is a global community of forward-thinkers working towards a common goal: progress.IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

The IBM Cognitive User Experience Research group in Cambridge, MA is looking for a Research Staff Member.

Our lab builds and studies novel technologies and applications in the areas of cognitive computing, social media analytics, social computing, data visualization, and visual analytics. Our Research combines user experience driven approaches with analytics to create computing systems for people to apply analytics in solving challenging business problems.. For example, a recent project involved building a dashboard to help make sense of what employees were posting on both internal social media and Twitter.

The ideal candidate for this position has a Computer Science background and should have outstanding data analytics skills combined with an applied knowledge of human-computer interaction and a passion for building systems that apply analytics to real-world problems. We are an interdisciplinary team (designers, engineers, social scientists, visualization experts), particularly interested in incorporating an analytics person into the mix. Candidate experience could include, but is not limited to, machine-learning, data mining, information retrieval,network analysis, or recommender systems.

Ideally, candidate will also have a record of designing, building, deploying, and studying systems and novel user interactions. Developing software for real users at various scales, small teams to enterprise-wide, is an integral part of what we do and will be expected of the hired candidate. Having published in key conferences is a plus. Candidate will work both individually and with small research teams to envision and realize cutting-edge ideas through rapid prototyping, deployment and evaluation. They will also work in an environment that questions the norm and fosters creativity. Applicants must instinctively know how people will want to use a product, service, or solution that solves a real world business problem.

You will be working in our beautiful, newly renovated location in Cambridge, MA at the IBM Innovation Center near Kendall Square & MIT close to the Charles River.

If you would like to get an initial idea of past and current projects, built by our lab take a look at:

Additional information
The World is Our Laboratory: No matter where discovery takes place, IBM researchers push the boundaries of science, technology and business to make the world work better. IBM Research is a global community of forward-thinkers working towards a common goal: progress.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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Only 13 days left to submit a position paper to our workshop on Workforce 2.0. Deadline is March 18th. I hope to see you at our workshop at ICWSM in July in Boston. Splendid time of the year to spend a couple of days at the East Coast :)

And, I got the date wrong in an earlier post. Sorry for that! It is March 18th.

We just posted our Call for Submissions for our ICWSM 2013 Workshop Social Computing and Workforce 2.0. I’m really excited to about the topics and the interdisciplinary character bringing together workforce organizational research with social computing research. Please consider to submit a position paper! Hope to see you in Cambridge in July :)